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n. (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)
Word Usage
"By Tuesday, suggestions that had come in included "America's Insured Grifters," and two using "gonif," the Yiddish word for thief, "All American Gonif" and "American Insurance Gonif.""